Vedic Friends Scholar to speak on Net Security and Vedic Maths

[Guest guest]

author and cryptographer Dr. Subhash Kak to deliver one of the keynote speeches

about how Vedic mathematic relates to today's information issues. Other

keynote speakers include Microsoft's Bill Gates, Sun Microsystems' Scott

McNealy, Cisco Systems' John Chambers, Symantec's John Thompson, Internet

Security Systems' Tom Noonan and VeriSign's Stratton Sclavos. Art Coviello, CEO

and president of RSA Security, also will deliver a keynote address in his role

as de-facto host of the event. The conference will also feature panel

discussions and educational seminars on numerous security topics, including

messaging, management, endpoint security and security services. For example,

Symantec just announced a next-generation consumer security service for Windows

Vista and Windows XP that will likely be discussed at length at RSA. Code-named

Genesis and scheduled for release this fall, the new service will integrate

with Symantec's Norton technologies to

provide continuous protection to end users from various forms of malware. On

the endpoint-security front, StillSecure and Senforce Technologies are expected

to announce integration between the network-access control (NAC) of StillSecure

Safe Access and the Senforce Endpoint Security Suite (ESS). Also, Lockdown

Networks will announce an expanded NAC offering called Lockdown Sentry, an

appliance for organizations that require consistent security-policy enforcement

from the core network out to branch offices across VPN or WAN connections. And

ConSentry Networks will showcase its "NAC in a Box" solution that supports

Cisco Trust Agent and the Cisco NAC framework, providing a turnkey NAC

implementation in a single device. New messaging-security solutions also will

abound, as vendors and partners strive to get a handle on the boom in malware

activity. Barracuda Networks is expected to announce the release of its Spyware

Removal Tool and a new ActiveX download for

its Spyware Firewall, which extends protection beyond the gateway to include

removal of malware from previously infected desktop computers. PostX and

BorderWare Technologies will announce a partnership to provide a comprehensive

policy-based e-mail security solution to address regulatory and compliance

concerns. Under terms of the partnership, BorderWare will integrate PostX

e-mail encryption technology into MXtreme, an e-mail security appliance, to

deliver integrated e-mail security and outbound content management with secure

content delivery. E-mail security company IronPort Systems will unveil the

IronPort M-Series Security Management Appliance, which provides a consolidated

platform for managing all policy, reporting and audit; and anti-malware vendor

Bit9 will be on hand to talk about its new services component. Among the other

new products, solutions and other announcements expected at the show: Voltage

Security will release a new

enterprise-management platform integration kit, while Altiris will announce

SecurityExpressions, an audit-ready support of data-security standards set

forth by the Payment Card Industry (PCI) to help protect credit-card data. BMC

will show its new Identity Management for .NET solution. Array Networks will

announce management-, security- and compliance-feature enhancements to its SSL

VPN SPX Product Series, as well as a beta release of GINA (Graphical ID and

Authentication) for united SSL VPN Access. Vontu6.0 will show a data-loss

prevention solution for Fortune 500 enterprises and government agencies. Blue

Coat will make a series of announcements, including new functionality for its

ProxyAV Web virus scan appliances; and a new version of Reporter, a solution

for visibility into Web-based user activities. PGP will announce a new

data-storage encryption product that automates the secure storage, transfer and

backup of large

volumes of business data. ConSentry Networks will unveil a strategic upgrade to

its LANShield operating software that enables enterprises to better support

endpoint-security software. Net Optics will announce the iTap gigabit-port

aggregator, which features SNMP remote management. Radware will announce

DefensePro 3.0, a security tool that provides application-level, network-core

and endpoint protection against known and unknown zero-day DoS and distributed

DoS attacks by automatically monitoring and adjusting network-traffic

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